Update readme and contributing docs

.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ If you think something can be improved and you wish to contribute code,
 [fork](https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/) WooCommerce, commit your changes,
 and [send a pull request](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/). We'll be happy to review your changes!
 
-## Feature Requests
+## Feature Requests 🚀
 
 Feature requests can be [submitted to our issue tracker](https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/issues/new?template=Feature_request.md). Be sure to include a description of the expected behavior and use case, and before submitting a request, please search for similar ones in the closed issues.
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Feature request issues will remain closed until we see sufficient interest via c
 
 You can see a [list of current feature requests which require votes here](https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/issues?q=label%3A%22votes+needed%22+label%3Aenhancement+sort%3Areactions-%2B1-desc+is%3Aclosed).
 
-## Technical Support / Questions
+## Technical Support / Questions ❓
 
 We don't offer technical support on GitHub so we recommend using the following:
 
@@ -42,18 +42,25 @@ https://woocommerce.com/contact-us/
 - [WooExperts](https://woocommerce.com/experts/)
 - [Codeable](https://codeable.io/)
 
-## Coding Guidelines
+## Coding Guidelines and Development 🛠
 
-- **Ensure you stick to the [WordPress Coding Standards](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/best-practices/coding-standards/php/)**
+WooCommerce core uses NPM and Grunt for build tasks, and Composer for installing packages and dependencies. To get your development environment running we recommend [reading here](https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/wiki/How-to-set-up-WooCommerce-development-environment).
+
+If you are contributing code to the REST API or editor blocks, these are developed in external packages.
+- [WooCommerce REST API package](https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce-rest-api)
+- [Blocks](https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce-gutenberg-products-block)
+
+When writing code for WooCommerce:
+- **Ensure you follow to the [WordPress Coding Standards](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/best-practices/coding-standards/php/)**
 - Install our pre-commit hook using composer. It'll help with the Coding Standards. To install run `composer install` from the command line within the woocommerce plugin directory.
 - Ensure you use LF line endings in your code editor. Use [EditorConfig](http://editorconfig.org/) if your editor supports it so that indentation, line endings and other settings are auto configured.
 - When committing, reference your issue number (#1234) and include a note about the fix.
-- Ensure that your code is compatible with PHP 5.2+.
+- Ensure that your code supports the minimum supported versions of PHP and WordPress; this is shown at the top of the `readme.txt` file.
-- Push the changes to your fork and submit a pull request on the master branch of the WooCommerce repository. Existing maintenance branches will be maintained by WooCommerce developers.
+- Push the changes to your fork and submit a pull request on the master branch of the WooCommerce repository.
 
-Please **don't** modify the changelog or update the .pot files. These will be maintained by the WooCommerce team.
+Please avoid modifying the change-log directly or updating the .pot files. These will be updated by the WooCommerce team.
 
-## Translating WooCommerce
+## Translating WooCommerce 💬
 
 We have a [project on translate.wordpress.org](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/woocommerce). You can join the localization team of your language and help by translating WooCommerce. [Find more about using joining a language team and using GlotPress](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/tools/glotpress-translate-wordpress-org/).
 

.travis.yml

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ before_script:
     else
       echo "xdebug.ini does not exist"
     fi
-  - composer install
+  - composer install --no-dev
   - |
     # Install WP Test suite, install PHPUnit globally if needed:
     if [[ ! -z "$WP_VERSION" ]]; then

README.md

@@ -32,6 +32,3 @@ Support requests in issues on this repository will be closed on sight.
 
 ## Contributing to WooCommerce
 If you have a patch or have stumbled upon an issue with WooCommerce core, you can contribute this back to the code. Please read our [contributor guidelines](https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) for more information how you can do this.
-
-## Contributing new features to the WooCommerce REST API
-If you'd like to add a feature to the next version of the REST API, contribute here: https://github.com/woocommerce/wc-api-dev